diff --git a/handlers/validators.go b/handlers/validators.go
index 0598374676..0cdfe3a93b 100644
--- a/handlers/validators.go
+++ b/handlers/validators.go
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gobitfly/eth2-beaconchain-explorer/utils"
 )
 
-type states struct {
-	Name  string `db:"statename"`
-	Count uint64 `db:"statecount"`
-}
-
 // Validators returns the validators using a go template
 func Validators(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	templateFiles := append(layoutTemplateFiles, "validators.html")
@@ -31,15 +26,7 @@ func Validators(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	validatorsPageData := types.ValidatorsPageData{}
 
-	var currentStateCounts []*states
-
-	qry := "SELECT status AS statename, COUNT(*) AS statecount FROM validators GROUP BY status"
-	err := db.ReaderDb.Select(&currentStateCounts, qry)
-	if err != nil {
-		utils.LogError(err, "error retrieving validators data", 0)
-		http.Error(w, "Internal server error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		return
-	}
+	currentStateCounts := services.LatestValidatorStateCounts()
 
 	for _, state := range currentStateCounts {
 		switch state.Name {
diff --git a/services/monitoring.go b/services/monitoring.go
index a8c3bde977..8ed3cabcb9 100644
--- a/services/monitoring.go
+++ b/services/monitoring.go
@@ -249,25 +249,26 @@ func startServicesMonitoringService() {
 	firstRun := true
 
 	servicesToCheck := map[string]time.Duration{
-		"eth1indexer":               time.Minute * 15,
-		"slotVizUpdater":            time.Minute * 15,
-		"slotUpdater":               time.Minute * 15,
-		"latestProposedSlotUpdater": time.Minute * 15,
-		"epochUpdater":              time.Minute * 15,
-		"rewardsExporter":           time.Minute * 15,
-		"mempoolUpdater":            time.Minute * 15,
-		"indexPageDataUpdater":      time.Minute * 15,
-		"latestBlockUpdater":        time.Minute * 15,
-		"headBlockRootHashUpdater":  time.Minute * 15,
-		"notification-collector":    time.Minute * 15,
-		"relaysUpdater":             time.Minute * 15,
-		"ethstoreExporter":          time.Minute * 60,
-		"statsUpdater":              time.Minute * 30,
-		"poolsUpdater":              time.Minute * 30,
-		"slotExporter":              time.Minute * 15,
-		"statistics":                time.Minute * 90,
-		"ethStoreStatistics":        time.Minute * 15,
-		"lastExportedStatisticDay":  time.Minute * 15,
+		"eth1indexer":                 time.Minute * 15,
+		"slotVizUpdater":              time.Minute * 15,
+		"slotUpdater":                 time.Minute * 15,
+		"latestProposedSlotUpdater":   time.Minute * 15,
+		"epochUpdater":                time.Minute * 15,
+		"rewardsExporter":             time.Minute * 15,
+		"mempoolUpdater":              time.Minute * 15,
+		"indexPageDataUpdater":        time.Minute * 15,
+		"latestBlockUpdater":          time.Minute * 15,
+		"headBlockRootHashUpdater":    time.Minute * 15,
+		"notification-collector":      time.Minute * 15,
+		"relaysUpdater":               time.Minute * 15,
+		"ethstoreExporter":            time.Minute * 60,
+		"statsUpdater":                time.Minute * 30,
+		"poolsUpdater":                time.Minute * 30,
+		"slotExporter":                time.Minute * 15,
+		"statistics":                  time.Minute * 90,
+		"ethStoreStatistics":          time.Minute * 15,
+		"lastExportedStatisticDay":    time.Minute * 15,
+		"validatorStateCountsUpdater": time.Minute * 15,
 		//"notification-sender", //exclude for now as the sender is only running on mainnet
 	}
 
diff --git a/services/services.go b/services/services.go
index 9dc6ca9f09..85807892e1 100644
--- a/services/services.go
+++ b/services/services.go
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ func Init() {
 	ready.Add(1)
 	go latestExportedStatisticDayUpdater(ready)
 
+	ready.Add(1)
+	go validatorStateCountsUpdater(ready)
+
 	if utils.Config.RatelimitUpdater.Enabled {
 		go ratelimit.DBUpdater()
 	}
@@ -1766,3 +1769,45 @@ func LatestExportedStatisticDay() (uint64, error) {
 	}
 	return wanted, nil
 }
+
+func validatorStateCountsUpdater(wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
+	firstRun := true
+
+	for {
+		var currentStateCounts []types.ValidatorStateCountRow
+		qry := "SELECT status AS statename, COUNT(*) AS statecount FROM validators GROUP BY status"
+		err := db.ReaderDb.Select(&currentStateCounts, qry)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Errorf("error retrieving validator state counts from the database: %v", err)
+
+			if err.Error() == "sql: database is closed" {
+				logger.Fatalf("error retrieving validator state counts from the database: %v", err)
+			}
+		} else {
+			cacheKey := fmt.Sprintf("%d:frontend:validator_state_counts", utils.Config.Chain.ClConfig.DepositChainID)
+			err := cache.TieredCache.Set(cacheKey, currentStateCounts, utils.Day)
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.Errorf("error caching validator state counts: %v", err)
+			}
+			if firstRun {
+				logger.Info("initialized validator state counts updater")
+				wg.Done()
+				firstRun = false
+			}
+		}
+		ReportStatus("validatorStateCountsUpdater", "Running", nil)
+		time.Sleep(time.Minute)
+	}
+}
+
+func LatestValidatorStateCounts() []types.ValidatorStateCountRow {
+	wanted := []types.ValidatorStateCountRow{}
+	cacheKey := fmt.Sprintf("%d:frontend:validator_state_counts", utils.Config.Chain.ClConfig.DepositChainID)
+	if wanted, err := cache.TieredCache.GetWithLocalTimeout(cacheKey, time.Minute, wanted); err == nil {
+		return wanted.([]types.ValidatorStateCountRow)
+	} else {
+		logger.Errorf("error retrieving validator state count data from cache: %v", err)
+	}
+	return wanted
+}
diff --git a/types/frontend.go b/types/frontend.go
index 4e69b75854..88df7b7023 100644
--- a/types/frontend.go
+++ b/types/frontend.go
@@ -615,3 +615,8 @@ type SearchValidatorsByEth1Result []struct {
 	ValidatorIndices pq.Int64Array `db:"validatorindices" json:"validator_indices"`
 	Count            uint64        `db:"count" json:"-"`
 }
+
+type ValidatorStateCountRow struct {
+	Name  string `db:"statename"`
+	Count uint64 `db:"statecount"`
+}